Mike England

CEO of Flowtech Plc, a specialist full-service provider of technical power, motion and control products and engineering services. Working in partnership with customers and suppliers, we deliver essential components, customer solutions and high-quality servicing support to keep global industry moving.

FTSE 100 >£2.5Bn Global omni-channel distributor of Electronics, Industrial & Safety products & services, in 32 markets, 80 countries, 1.2million customers, 62% digital revenue, 1,500 customer facing people, >300k interactions p.a., 15million web visits per month, 23% solutions revenue. 700k stocked products, 80k own brand products, 3million non-stocked products, 60k parcels shipped per day, 2500 suppliers. Rated, 18th of 14,000 global ESG companies by Sustainalytics. Leading consolidated £2.5Bn P&L across Americas (£0.7Bn), EMEA (£1.5Bn) and APAC (£0.25Bn) and global functional accountability for Brand, Marketing, Digital, Product, Inventory, Private Label, Innovation & Education. >7,000 people.

Full £1.2Bn regional P&L accountability (64% group revenues; 16% adj. operating profit, c.4,000 people; operations in >20 markets including UK&I, France, DACH, Scandinavia, Iberia, Italy, Eastern Europe, South Africa). Delivering culture change & employee engagement, high performance, growth & return on invested capital.

Full P&L accountability for UK, Ireland & Scandinavian markets (£0.5Bn >1,000 people); Delivered large scale transformation, culture shift & turnaround of underperforming and largest part of the group with rapid exciting and sustained growth, return on invested capital resulting in significant value creation.

Full P&L accountability for UK, Ireland & Scandinavian markets; Delivered large scale transformation, culture shift & turnaround of underperforming and largest part of the group with rapid exciting and sustained growth, return on invested capital resulting in significant value creation.

Full P&L accountability for UK market; Delivered large scale transformation, culture shift & turnaround of underperforming and largest part of the group with rapid exciting and sustained growth, return on invested capital resulting in significant value creation.

Led >200 corporate, field and branch-based sales organisation (>50 branches, with £300m P&L/ portfolio post acquisition). Led Value-Add Sales & Service strategy; active with Plc Board, investor and CMD activities. Instrumental in revenue performance and opportunity identification which attracted substantial Private Equity interest.

Managed P&L of corporate account portfolio, delivering growth from £30m to >£150m at improved gross margins; built high performing team to >50; expanded value proposition to include service solutions.

Led and grew emerging growth sectors to a >£30m portfolio, National team of c.15 and indirectly leading across >120 sales branches and >100 sales personnel in 3 different businesses. Actively led expansion of business away from traditional into new higher margin/profit-accretive market segments. Developed leadership mindset across sales branches. Progressed from Trainee in process improvement roles to National BD Manager, through Field Sales, Branch/Operational Management, Regional Sales Management, Corporate Accounts & Sales Strategy. Consistently, profitably, generating new products, delivering services, and ensuring happy customers.